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Wednesday, January 23, 1929

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The Headlines

LINERS BATTLE GALE TO AID TWO VESSELS; FREIGHTER MISSING; Capt. Fried on the America, the President Harding and the Yorck Answer S O S Calls. BUFFETED BY 75-MILE WIND Expect to Reach Freighter Florida and Tanker Dannedaike About Dawn.NO TRACE OF TEESBRIDGECaptain of the Maine Reports Vain Search for FounderingBritish Ship. Two Ships Send S O S Calls. Florida's Rudder Damaged. LINERS BATTLE GALE TO AID TWO VESSELS Log Tells of Vain Search.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Singin' in the Rain

Nacio Herb Brown

The must-have

Duncan Yo-Yo

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush

Flapper

bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy

Gangster

big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy

Catchphrases of 1929

  • Wall Street Lays an Egg

Tech Check

Car Radio, Sunglasses (Mass Produced) & Coaxial Cable.

Cost of Living (1920)

Loaf of Bread

$0.11

Gallon of Gas

$0.30

Average Home

$6,296

New Car

$575

Time Elapsed

35,562 days ago

(97 years, 157 days)